development of the colony

By jmcculloch2
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    Queensland 1800s

  • 1800s

    1st Feb 1823 John Oxley went to Queensland in search of potential new penal sites.

  • The Moreton Bay district is officially opened to free settlement.

  • Queensland 1900s

    The Moreton Bay convict settlement ,established in Redcliffe in 1824,is transferred to the banks of the Brisbane river near the northern end of the Victoria Bridge.

  • 1846Queensland's first newspaper, the Moreton Bay Courier is published. This later became The Courier, then the Brisbane Courier, and since 1933 The Courier-Mail.